Court archive
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2022-12-20 · Bandon, Cork
Ciprian Grozavu, 48, a Romanian national, was convicted of murdering John Forrester, 42, in 2011 at Bridge House, Bandon. The body was tied with cable and dumped in the River Bandon. A 10‑day trial at the Central Criminal Court ended with a unanimous jury verdict and a mandatory life sentence imposed by Mr Justice Paul Carney in March 2014. In…
2018-12-17 · Bandon, Cork
A 44‑year‑old man, Ciprian Grozavu, has been charged with the murder of 27‑year‑old Jonathan Duke, who was killed at Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon on 13 November 2011. He appeared before the Central Criminal Court to receive a trial date, which Judge Michael White set for 4 November 2019 in Dublin. The trial is expected to last two weeks.
2017-03-27 · Bandon, Cork
A trial date has been set for Ciprian Grozavu, charged with murdering 42‑year‑old Jonathan Duke at Bridge House, Bandon, on 13 November 2011. At a brief hearing in the Central Criminal Court, prosecution lawyer Liam Mulholland requested a trial date. Both sides agreed to a provisional date of 16 January 2018, to be heard in Cork. Grozavu was not…
2017-03-15 · Bandon, Cork
The jury was discharged in the trial of Ciprian Grozavu, a 42‑year‑old Romanian accused of murdering 27‑year‑old Jonathan Duke in Cork. Grozavu had dismissed his legal team on the sixth day of his trial at the Central Criminal Court. The court heard that Catherine O'Connor, Grozavu's acquaintance, had been found guilty of murdering Duke. The…
2017-03-13 · Bandon, Cork
The jury in the trial of 42‑year‑old Ciprian Grozavu, charged with murdering his friend Jonathan Duke in County Cork, was informed that Grozavu had discharged his legal team. The trial was in its sixth day at the Central Criminal Court. Grozavu, a Romanian father of one, pleaded not guilty to the murder of the 27‑year‑old on 13 November 2011. The…
2017-03-13 · Bandon, Cork
During a murder trial in the Central Criminal Court, Ciprian Grozavu, aged 42, was charged with the killing of 27‑year‑old Jonathan Duke on 13 November 2011. The court heard that Grozavu claimed he only recalled witnessing a strangulation in his flat after a Garda officer mentioned it to him. The trial also involved testimony about Grozavu's…
2017-03-10 · Bandon, Cork
In a murder trial held in the Central Criminal Court, the jury heard that Jonathan Duke, aged 27, died from ligature strangulation after his body was found in the River Bandon. The prosecution presented a black electrical cable wrapped in three loops around Duke's neck, and a white cable tied to the plug, both shown by Inspector Fergal Foley.…
2017-03-09 · Bandon, Cork
During a 2017 Cork murder trial, evidence was presented that the defendant's bare footprint was found in the victim's blood at the crime scene. The jury heard that the accused, Ciprian Grozavu, had told Gardaí that his girlfriend, Catherine O'Connor, had "beaten, bottled and poked" the 27‑year‑old Jonathan Duke to death. The trial concerned the…
2017-03-08 · Bandon, Cork
In a Central Criminal Court trial, Ciprian Grozavu, aged 42, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jonathan Duke, aged 27, at Bridge House, Bandon, on 13 November 2011. Jury witnesses, including Aaron Nolan and Shane O'Driscoll, testified that on the night of the murder they heard loud music and saw Grozavu and Ms Catherine O'Connor carrying and…
2017-03-08 · Bandon, Cork
Ciprian Grozavu, aged 42, was arrested on 13 November 2011 for the murder of Jonathan Duke, aged 27, at Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, Co Cork. During his arrest, Grozavu told Gardaí that he had been attacked and that a woman named Catherine O'Connor had intervened, striking Duke with a glass bottle and saving Grozavu's life. He pleaded…
2017-03-07 · Bandon, Cork
The Central Criminal Court heard that Ciprian Grozavu (42) pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jonathan Duke (27) on 13 November 2011 at Bridge House, Bandon. The prosecution presented evidence that Duke was seen alive that evening and later found dead in the River Bandon. Retired Garda Pat Dolan testified that the body was recovered face‑up with…
2017-03-06 · Bandon, Cork
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, Ciprian Grozavu, aged 42, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jonathan Duke, aged 27, who was found strangled and "trussed up" in the River Bandon on 13 November 2011. The prosecution presented evidence that Duke was seen alive that evening at Bridge House, Bandon, and later discovered dead in the river.…
2017-03-06 · Cork
A jury of eight men and four women was sworn in at the Central Criminal Court for the trial of Ciprian Grozavu, a 42‑year‑old Romanian, who pleaded not guilty to the murder of Jonathan Duke, 27, at Bridge House, Sean Hales Place, Bandon, Co Cork, on 13 November 2011. The trial, presided over by Mr Justice Paul Butler, is scheduled to begin that…
2016-07-25 · Bandon, Cork
The Court of Appeal ordered a retrial for Romanian national Ciprian Grozavu (42) after finding that the trial judge should have simply answered "yes" to a jury question. Grozavu had pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mr Duke on 12 November 2011 and was convicted of that murder by a jury at the Central Criminal Court, receiving a mandatory life…
2016-06-20 · Bandon, Cork
Ciprian Grozavu, a 42‑year‑old Romanian, was convicted of murdering Jonathan Duke in Bandon on 12 November 2011 and received a mandatory life sentence from Mr Justice Paul Carney on 17 July 2013. He has now filed an appeal in the Court of Appeal. His barrister, Thomas Creed SC, argued that the trial judge failed to give the jury a clear option to…